New Zealand Dog News

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June 26, 2006

Microchip law a toothless dog

Associate Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta put on a brave face last week when she accepted that Government's dog microchipping law had been chewed off at the knees. (...) the in-between bits

Dog owners would be far more likely to accept a law that required them to file their dogs' teeth if they seriously thought that this measure, no matter how far fetched it may seem, would make their animals safer. Oh, I like this !!
But microchips can never stop dogs from biting people, and this is why this law is so unpopular.

Government has shown, by its insistence with pursuing this law, that it has very little regard for the views of the public, both rural communities and those in the cities. Funny how laws are made into laws. And when a member of the public asks why we should question something, and the person says "because it's against the law"... think twice!! Remember how laws were made. Laws can be BAD LAWS! Those who know me would understand this statement!!

With many people likely to ignore the law and many local governments refusing to enforce it, this piece of legislation is a toothless old dog that should be put out of its misery before it suffers any longer. Nah, the governemtn wouldn't do that. They'll pump millions into enforcing this law ... if only we can save but ONE child !! so the saying goes. That's how they get their way. Heart Strings being pulled.

Let's rather spend the money that would be wasted on microchips on educating dog owners. A well-trained dog owner is much less of a menace to society than an untrained one with a microchipped dog. BINGO!

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